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Shafaq News
15-04-2025
- Politics
- Shafaq News
President Barzani, German envoy discuss KRG formation
Shafaq News/ Kurdish President Nechirvan Barzani met with German Ambassador to Iraq Christiane Hohmann on Tuesday to discuss the stalled efforts to form a new Kurdistan Region Government (KRG). The Kurdish presidency stated that the two officials also reviewed ties between Erbil and Baghdad and explored opportunities to expand bilateral cooperation with Germany across key sectors. The meeting covered regional developments, including the security situation in Syria and the ongoing threat posed by ISIS. Both sides stressed the need for stability and peaceful conflict resolution. Parliamentary elections in Kurdistan took place in October 2024, with the KDP winning the most seats. Cabinet formation remains stalled due to tensions, legal wrangling, and clashes with the PUK.
Rudaw Net
09-02-2025
- Politics
- Rudaw Net
Iraqi president sues premier, finance minister over unpaid KRG salaries
Also in Iraq Sunni party urges amnesty for prisoners in KRG-run prisons in Kirkuk Landmine blast kills three family members in Basra Iraq to repatriate 155 families from al-Hol: Monitor Iraqi justice ministry says holding 65,000 prisoners A+ A- ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid has filed a lawsuit against Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani and Finance Minister Taif Sami, over the delayed salaries of the Kurdistan Region Government (KRG) civil servants, a presidential aide said on Sunday. 'We want the people of Kurdistan to know that President Rashid has filed a lawsuit at the Iraqi Federal Supreme Court' against the premier and the finance minister, said Hawre Tofiq, the head of the Iraqi presidency's office of relations and international organizations. The lawsuit, filed on January 20 but only made public on Sunday, urges the federal court to issue a 'provisional order' to ensure the KRG employees are 'paid continuously and on time.' The presidential aide emphasized that 'technical issues should not delay' the salaries of public workers. Teachers have been protesting outside the United Nations' office in Sulaimani for nearly two weeks, with some going on a hunger strike for the past 12 days. The protesters' main demand is the full payment of their December salaries. According to Tofiq, the court's first hearing on the president's lawsuit is scheduled for February 14. Notably, Tofiq's statement came shortly after striking teachers from Sulaimani flocked to Erbil on Sunday, to protest the KRG's inconsistent salary disbursements. The protesters demanded a resolution to the ongoing unpaid salaries crisis. Many of them say they are owed salaries that date back years. The KRG's interior ministry on Sunday accused 'foreign and domestic parties in Iraq' of trying to exploit the protests, confirming that it is in contact with the federal government to address the outstanding salary crisis. Meanwhile, Erbil Governor Omed Khoshnaw on Sunday accused "ill-intentioned" actors of fueling the protests, stating that it is Baghdad, not Erbil, that is 'oppressing' the Kurdistan Region's civil servants. The Iraqi federal government and the KRG have held several meetings in recent weeks to discuss amendments to the 2025 federal budget law and resolve the obstacles hindering the payment of civil servant salaries in the Kurdistan Region. The KRG has been working to allocate funds from its share of the federal budget to address the salary shortfalls that have persisted throughout the past year. The KRG's hardship notably worsened following the March 2023 suspension of oil exports from the Kurdistan Region through the Iraq-Turkey pipeline. The Iraqi legislature recently passed a bill that allows the resumption of Kurdish oil exports, a move expected to boost Iraq's income and increase the budget allocated to the Kurdistan Region by Baghdad.
